5,039
5.0K
2006
2006
by
Yang, Gene Luen; Pien, Lark, ill
texts
eye 5,039
favorite 40
comment 0
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format
Topics: Graphic novels, Chinese Americans, Identity, Schools, Cartoons and comics
4,576
4.6K
2012
2012
by
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)
texts
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favorite 27
comment 1
700
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Cerebral palsy, Children with disabilities, Communication, Interpersonal relations, Genius, People...
4,558
4.6K
texts
eye 4,558
favorite 36
comment 0
4,477
4.5K
1993
1993
by
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
texts
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favorite 31
comment 1
In his first novel in ten years, Ernest Gaines, the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, brings us a wrenching story of death and identity in a small Cajun Louisiana community in the late 1940s. A young black named Jefferson is a reluctant party in a shoot-out in a liquor store in which the three other men involved are all killed, including the white store owner. Jefferson, the only survivor, is accused of murder. At the trial, the essence of the...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: African American men, Death row inmates, Race relations, Friendship, Roman américain
4,316
4.3K
2012
2012
by
Palacio, R. J
texts
eye 4,316
favorite 36
comment 0
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student
Topics: Abnormalities, Human, Self-acceptance, Middle schools, Schools
4,200
4.2K
2013
2013
by
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
texts
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comment 0
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
3,749
3.7K
2010
2010
by
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-; Homer. Odyssey
texts
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comment 0
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War
Topics: Children's Books -- Literature -- Classics by Age, Children's Books -- Literature -- Science...
3,563
3.6K
1994
1994
by
Oliver, Mary, 1935-
texts
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comment 0
"A Harvest original."
Topics: English language, American poetry, English poetry, Poetry
3,546
3.5K
1989
1989
by
Dangarembga, Tsitsi
texts
eye 3,546
favorite 24
comment 0
"This U.S. edition first published in 1989 by Seal Press"--T.p. verso
Topic: Women
3,263
3.3K
texts
eye 3,263
favorite 14
comment 0
137 p. ; 22 cm
Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Juvenile fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Denmark -- Fiction,...
3,220
3.2K
1973
1973
by
Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967; van Haagen, Ernst, translator
texts
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favorite 102
comment 8
Translation of: Kunst der Farbe
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Color, Painting, Aesthetics
Source: folio
3,177
3.2K
2010
2010
by
Riordan, Rick
texts
eye 3,177
favorite 19
comment 1
A Junior Library Guild selection
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading...
3,021
3.0K
2002
2002
by
Frank, Katherine
texts
eye 3,021
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-544) and index
Topics: Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984, Gandhi, Indira, Prime ministers, Biographie
2,921
2.9K
1992
1992
by
Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, Breuer, Josef, 1842-1925, Psychotherapist and patient,...
2,889
2.9K
texts
eye 2,889
favorite 18
comment 0
A Beginner Book
Topics: Fantasy, Stories in rhyme, Children's stories, American, Cats, Nonsense verses
2,805
2.8K
2011
2011
by
Deborah E. Harkness
texts
eye 2,805
favorite 33
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
2,703
2.7K
1994
1994
by
McCall, Nathan
texts
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comment 0
Examining the complexities of the problems of black youths from an insider's perspective, an African-American journalist recalls his own troubled childhood, his rehabilitation while in prison, and his successful Washington Post career. Reprint. 150,000 first printing. The author remembers his journey from a working class African American neighborhood to prison to a prestigious position on the Washington Post
Topics: McCall, Nathan, African Americans, Journalists, African American youth, African American men
2,677
2.7K
2005
2005
by
Steven D. Levitt
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Economics -- Psychological aspects, Economics -- Sociological aspects
2,621
2.6K
2009
2009
by
Sinek, Simon
texts
eye 2,621
favorite 23
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Leadership
2,575
2.6K
2009
2009
by
Collins, Suzanne
texts
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favorite 10
comment 0
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
2,558
2.6K
2004
2004
by
Chernow, Ron
texts
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comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [780]-788) and index
Topics: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804, Statesmen
2,547
2.5K
texts
eye 2,547
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comment 0
xliv, 947 pages ; 26 cm
Topics: Troubles mentaux -- diagnostic, Troubles mentaux -- classification, Klassifikation,...
2,517
2.5K
Oct 4, 2005
10/05
by
John M. Barry
texts
eye 2,517
favorite 39
comment 2
2,481
2.5K
texts
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favorite 21
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
2,432
2.4K
2008
2008
by
Adiga, Aravind
texts
eye 2,432
favorite 11
comment 0
Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along
Topics: Chauffeurs, Poor, Ambition, Businesspeople
2,389
2.4K
1964
1964
by
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
texts
eye 2,389
favorite 14
comment 0
Topics: Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Authors, American
2,386
2.4K
1960
1960
by
P.D. Eastman
texts
eye 2,386
favorite 8
comment 0
2,380
2.4K
1999
1999
by
Saramago, José; Pontiero, Giovanni
texts
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favorite 25
comment 0
"A Harvest book."
Topics: Blindness, Blindness, Literature, Modern
2,379
2.4K
2007
2007
by
Hosseini, Khaled
texts
eye 2,379
favorite 20
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11,...
2,365
2.4K
2011
2011
by
Stockett, Kathryn
texts
eye 2,365
favorite 15
comment 1
Originally published: New York : Amy Einhorn Books, c2009
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Civil rights movements, African American women
2,305
2.3K
2011
2011
by
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
texts
eye 2,305
favorite 55
comment 1
925 pages ; 24 cm
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction, FICTION -- Dystopian, FICTION -- Literary, FICTION -- Magical...
2,289
2.3K
2007
2007
by
Stephen W. Hawking; S. W. Hawking
texts
eye 2,289
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comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: General, History & Philosophy, History Of Mathematics, Mathematicians And Their Works,...
2,286
2.3K
texts
eye 2,286
favorite 22
comment 0
Topics: Autism -- Fiction., Savants (Savant syndrome) -- Fiction., England -- Fiction.
2,243
2.2K
2011
2011
by
Riordan, Rick
texts
eye 2,243
favorite 12
comment 0
Carter Kane and his sister must prevent the chaos snake Apophis from breaking free in a few days' time or the world will come to an end. To have any chance of battling these Forces of Chaos, the Kanes must revive the sun god Ra
Topics: Mythology, Egyptian, Brothers and sisters, Voyages and travels, Magic, Mythology, Egyptian,...
2,200
2.2K
2006
2006
by
Alison Bechdel
texts
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favorite 35
comment 0
Topics: Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade...
2,182
2.2K
Aug 24, 2010
08/10
by
Suzanne Collins
texts
eye 2,182
favorite 13
comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10,...
2,169
2.2K
2000
2000
by
Stella Adler
texts
eye 2,169
favorite 25
comment 0
2,140
2.1K
1971
1971
by
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944; Woods, Katherine, 1886-1968
texts
eye 2,140
favorite 15
comment 0
Translation of Le petit prince
Topic: Fantasy
2,135
2.1K
1993
1993
by
Roth, Leland M
texts
eye 2,135
favorite 43
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Architecture, Architecture, Bouwkunst
2,066
2.1K
2004
2004
by
Larson, Erik
texts
eye 2,066
favorite 29
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Mudgett, Herman W., 1861-1896, Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912, World's Columbian Exposition...
2,065
2.1K
texts
eye 2,065
favorite 8
comment 0
62 p. : 23 cm
Topics: Fishes -- Juvenile fiction, Pets -- Juvenile fiction, Stories in rhyme
2,049
2.0K
2013
2013
by
Martin, George R. R
texts
eye 2,049
favorite 27
comment 0
The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes
Topics: Imaginary places, Good and evil, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic, Winter
2,043
2.0K
1996
1996
by
Kotter, John P., 1947-
texts
eye 2,043
favorite 15
comment 0
Pt. 1. The change problem and its solution. Transforming organizations : why firms fail -- Successful change and the force that drives it -- pt. 2. The eight-stage process. Establishing a sense of urgency -- Creating the guiding coalition -- Developing the guiding coalition -- Developing a vision and strategy -- Communicating the change vision -- Empowering employees for broad-based action -- Generating short-term wins -- Consolidating gains and producing more change -- Anchoring new approaches...
Topics: Organizational change, Leadership, Industrial organization, Strategic planning, Changement...
2,035
2.0K
texts
eye 2,035
favorite 16
comment 0
In verse, Sam-I-am tells of the virtues of green eggs and ham
Topics: Readers, Picture books
2,003
2.0K
2004
2004
by
Chernow, Ron. author
texts
eye 2,003
favorite 57
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-749) and index
Topics: Philanthropists, Historical - U.S., Biography/Autobiography, Biography & Autobiography,...
1,933
1.9K
Aug 1, 2000
08/00
by
Jean Piaget
texts
eye 1,933
favorite 11
comment 0
1,920
1.9K
2000
2000
by
Zander, Rosamund Stone, 1942-; Zander, Benjamin, 1939-
texts
eye 1,920
favorite 20
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Possibility, Achievement, Personal Satisfaction, Self Concept, Possibilité
1,901
1.9K
1986
1986
by
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
texts
eye 1,901
favorite 20
comment 0
On Long Island in the early 1920s the mysterious Jay Gatsby tries to rekindle his romance with Daisy, a young woman who has married another man, the wealthy and cruel Tom Buchanan
Topics: Non-Classifiable, Classics, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Fiction, Traffic accidents, Married...
1,901
1.9K
1981
1981
by
Cook, David A
texts
eye 1,901
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comment 0
Bibliography: p. 671-692
Topics: Motion pictures, Filmkunst, Cinéma, Motion pictures, Film
1,869
1.9K
1984
1984
by
Lorde, Audre
texts
eye 1,869
favorite 38
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Poetry, Feminism, Lesbianism, Afro-American women
1,846
1.8K
texts
eye 1,846
favorite 10
comment 0
Topics: Haley, Alex., Haley family., Kinte family., Blacks -- history.
1,819
1.8K
1996
1996
by
Clancy, Tom, 1947-
texts
eye 1,819
favorite 2
comment 0
After an airliner crashes into the Capitol, killing the president, Jack Ryan, the vice-president takes over. The novel describes Ryan's campaign to impose a right-wing morality on the U.S. and a new order on the world, the latter accomplished with the aid of high-tech warfare. A sequel to Debt of Honor. Jack Ryan becomes president by sheer accident when the former president, most of Congress, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court are bombed out of existence. Ryan must jump in to discover who did...
Topic: Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character)
1,794
1.8K
1964
1964
by
Silverstein, Shel
texts
eye 1,794
favorite 34
comment 1
A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Trees, Trees
1,786
1.8K
1996
1996
by
Chevalier, Jean
texts
eye 1,786
favorite 34
comment 0
Topics: Signs and symbols -- Dictionaries, Folklore -- Dictionaries, Mythology -- Dictionaries, Symbolism...
1,755
1.8K
1982
1982
by
Mandelbrot, Benoit B
texts
eye 1,755
favorite 23
comment 0
Rev. ed. of: Fractals. c1977
Topics: Geometry, Mathematical models, Stochastic processes, Fractals
1,700
1.7K
2004
2004
by
Barry, John M., 1947-
texts
eye 1,700
favorite 13
comment 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-527) and index
Topics: Influenza, Influenza
1,682
1.7K
1990
1990
by
Kincaid, Jamaica
texts
eye 1,682
favorite 12
comment 0
Lucy has left the West Indies for a job in New York, but she discovers that her employers' perfect lives are not what they seem
Topics: West Indian Americans, Women household employees
1,679
1.7K
2003
2003
by
Williams, John, 1922-1994
texts
eye 1,679
favorite 22
comment 0
Mode of access: Internet
Topics: Literature, English teachers, College teachers, Marital conflict, Adultery
1,676
1.7K
Sep 12, 2000
09/00
by
Murakami Haruki
texts
eye 1,676
favorite 46
comment 0
1,645
1.6K
1997
1997
by
Vogel, Paula
texts
eye 1,645
favorite 9
comment 0
Topics: Academic Literacy, Reading Level-Adult
1,635
1.6K
2002
2002
by
Joann Ellison Rodgers
texts
eye 1,635
favorite 19
comment 0
Topics: Sex (Biology), Sex., Sex Behavior.
1,621
1.6K
2005
2005
by
Jared Diamond
texts
eye 1,621
favorite 31
comment 0
Topics: Social evolution, Civilization -- History, Ethnology, Human beings -- Effect of environment on,...
1,617
1.6K
texts
eye 1,617
favorite 22
comment 0
Topics: Art, Egyptian, Art, Ancient -- Egypt
1,591
1.6K
1991
1991
by
Rushdie, Salman
texts
eye 1,591
favorite 14
comment 0
1,573
1.6K
2009
2009
by
Stockett, Kathryn
texts
eye 1,573
favorite 3
comment 1
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading...
1,565
1.6K
texts
eye 1,565
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comment 0
Topics: X, Malcolm, 1925-1965, Black Muslims -- Biography, African Americans -- Biography
1,564
1.6K
2012
2012
by
Antony Beevor
texts
eye 1,564
favorite 22
comment 0
Topic: World War, 1939-1945
1,555
1.6K
1983
1983
by
Marqués, René
texts
eye 1,555
favorite 8
comment 0
1,554
1.6K
2012
2012
by
Riordan, Rick; Hyperion Books for Children, publisher; Disney Book Group, publisher
texts
eye 1,554
favorite 8
comment 0
Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Their only hope: find an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading...
1,553
1.6K
1993
1993
by
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12
1,552
1.6K
2000
2000
by
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
texts
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favorite 6
comment 1
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Reading Level-Grade 4, Reading Level-Grade 5, Reading Level-Grade 6, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading...
1,534
1.5K
2009
2009
by
Dale Carnegie
texts
eye 1,534
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comment 0
1,532
1.5K
1994
1994
by
Bennis, Warren G
texts
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comment 0
Originally published: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1989. With a new introduction
Topics: Leadership, Leadership
1,532
1.5K
texts
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Advice in rhyme for proceeding in life; weathering fear, loneliness, and confusion; and being in charge of your actions. "Don't be fooled by the title of this seriocomic ode to success; it's not 'Climb Every Mountain,' kid version. All journeys face perils, whether from indecision, from loneliness, or worst of all, from too much waiting. Seuss' familiar pajama-clad hero is up to the challenge, and his odyssey is captured vividly in busy two-page spreads evoking both the good times...
Topic: Reading Level-Adult
1,525
1.5K
1990
1990
by
Moore, Robert L.
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Men -- Psychology., Masculinity., Archetype (Psychology)
